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Crespo calls immigration group’s protest against him ‘almost personal’

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Deacon Mario Contreras, center right, from Church of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, reads a prayer as members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights deliver Father's Day cards and letters to state Rep. Fred Crespo's home, background, Saturday in protest of his policies on immigration.

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Graciela Contreras, left, and Maria Salazar place Father's Day cards in the door of State Representative Fred Crespo's home. Members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights deliver Father's Day cards and letters to state Rep. Fred Crespo's home Saturday in protest of his policies on immigration.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Maria Salazar places a sign in the doorway of state Rep. Fred Crespo's home as members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights deliver Father's Day cards and letters to Crespo's home Saturday in protest of his policies on immigration.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com Ricardo Serrano, left, and Maria Salazar along with members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights deliver Father's Day cards and letters to state Rep. Fred Crespo's home Saturday in protest of his policies on immigration.

Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com Some of the cards members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights deliver Father's Day cards and letters to state Rep. Fred Crespo's home Saturday in protest of his policies on immigration.

Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com Some of the Father's Day cards members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights delivered to state Rep. Fred Crespo's home Saturday in protest of his policies on immigration.

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A pro-immigration group Saturday protested State Rep. Fred Crespo's votes, targeting him as the first of five Democrats they say are separating children from their families.